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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Bharti Singh and Shekhar Suman, Says Comedy Can’t Be Judged Like Serious Speech
Bharati Singh and Shekhar Suman: An FIR was filed against Bharti Singh and Shekhar Suman in 2010 for allegedly making objectionable comments on the show "Comedy Circus Ka Jadoo." The court has issued its verdict in the case.
On Wednesday, the Bombay High Court quashed an FIR filed against comedian Bharti Singh and actor Shekhar Suman for allegedly hurting religious sentiments during a comedy show. Granting relief to both, the court stated that comedy performances should not be measured by the standards of serious speeches.
An FIR was filed in 2010 for allegedly making objectionable comments on the show "Comedy Circus Ka Jadoo." In addition to the comedian and actor, Sony and a scriptwriter were also named as accused. The FIR was filed based on a complaint from a representative of the Raza Academy. The complainant had claimed that Singh had mocked a verse from the Quran on the show, which was offensive to Islam. According to the complainant, Suman also repeated the verse after Singh.
